Rompon
| Rompon | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ardèche | |
| Arrondissement | Privas | |
| Canton | Le Pouzin | |
| Community association | Privas Center Ardèche | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 4 ° 43 ′ E | |
| height | 85-510 m | |
| surface | 22.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,083 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 49 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 07250, 07800 | |
| INSEE code | 07198 | |
| Website | http://www.rompon.fr/ | |
.jpg) Town Hall (Mairie) of Rompon |
||
Rompon ( Occitan identical) is a French municipality with 1083 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Rompon belongs to the Arrondissement Privas and the canton Le Pouzin (until 2015: canton La Voulte-sur-Rhône ). The inhabitants are called romponais (es) .
geography
Rompon is located about 15 kilometers south-southwest of Valence on the Rhône , which borders the municipality in the northeast. Rompon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Laurent-du-Pape in the north, La Voulte-sur-Rhône in the northeast, Livron-sur-Drôme in the east and northeast, Le Pouzin in the east and southeast, Baix in the south, Saint-Julien- en-Saint-Alban in the south-west and Saint-Cierge-la-Serre in the west and north-west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 522 | 513 | 451 | 563 | 722 | 863 | 966 | 1,030 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
- old church
- Deposit of fossils from the Jurassic Age
- Payre's cave
Saint Martin Church
old church
